HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP.: Safety Recalls in 1986

LP SERVICE LINE COULD RUPTURE, DUE TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE. IF LP SERVICE VALVE WAS CLOSED WITH LIQUID PROPANE IN THE LINE TO THE GENERATOR WHEN THE GENERATOR WAS NOT OPERATING. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: PROPANE WOULD BE RELEASED TO THE ATMOSPHERE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.

INADEQUATE FASTENING OF THE BRACKETS TO THE FRAME RAIL FOR HOLDING THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE AND GAS RETURN LINES MAY ALLOW FLEXING AND POSSIBLE CHAFING OF THE LINE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: LINES COULD WEAR THROUGH AND RUPTURE RESULTING IN (1) LEAKAGE OF GASOLINE WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD AND/OR (2) LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES TO THE REAR AXLES WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

MOTOR HOMES WERE BUILT WITH CLEAR PLASTIC LENSES AND BULBS IN THE FRONT TURN SIGNALS INSTEAD OF AMBER COLORED, WHICH IS IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FMVSS 108-LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: AMBER COLOR SIGNALS INDICATE A WARNING TO OTHER MOTORISTS, HOWEVER A CLEAR/WHITE SIGNAL MAY NOT BE TAKEN AS A WARNING SIGNAL WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.